Platte River Bard Podcast

Join us for a delightful conversation with Todd Uhrmacher, Director and Costume Designer, of Grease!  Nebraska is fortunate to have such a talented Director "behind the wheel" (pun intended) of this production at Bellevue Little Theatre.  Todd is so much fun to talk with, and we are honored he took the time to meet with us.  Your chills will multiply when you hear the amazing voices of 25 cast mem...

We speak to Steven Williams, Professor at UNO and Head of Design and Production at UNO, Jocelyn Reed and Aaron Butler, both Co-Producers of the Crossing the Street Festival at UNO and also UNO Fine Arts students.  Jocelyn and Aaron produced and directed a festival of plays, poetry and prose which celebrates BIPOC voices and addresses the need for difficult conversations about race, gender, and age...

We are always so honored and await in eager anticipation of being able to speak with Andy Park, Artistic Director of the Nebraska Repertory Theatre.  Andy has written and directed the Nebraska Repertory's upcoming production, The Way to the Way.  This will be a fantastic performance full of rich cultural history, a powerful message of connectedness and humanity, paired with a stage full of puppets...

Now You Are Dead: A Pick Your Own Play Adventure opens February 17th and runs just one weekend through Sunday, February 20th, The Florentine Players at the The Florence Community Theater brings You, the Audience, the power to choose the structure of the play! Find out all about it here on our podcast as we talk with Writer, Director, Eric Green and Actor, Nate Hunzeker! Written by Bill Grennan, Gr...

Find out What's Happening in the Arts in Eastern Nebraska in February 2022! *********** HOW TO LISTEN TO THE PLATTE RIVER BARD PODCAST  Listen at  https://platteriverbard.podbean.com  or anywhere you get your podcasts.  We are on Apple, Google, Pandora, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Podbean, Overcast, Listen Now, Castbox and anywhere you get your podcasts. You may also find us by just asking Alexa.  List...

We are so excited to bring to you our conversation with Petra Wahlqvist, Executive Director of Nebraskans for the Arts!  We are so lucky to have such a wonderful resource for supporting Creatives in our State!  Petra has such a fun background to talk about, which has prepared her well for her new role at NFTA.  Petra is the co-founder of Blitx, a non-profit, arts innovation and education and engag...

Musing, A Storytelling Series have begun at Bluebarn Theatre!  We talk with Seth Fox, Curator of the Series and he discusses how this live event came about and what all they have planned!  Seth is incredibly easy to talk to and you'll enjoy hearing about these unique events!   Each quarterly event has several storytellers taking the stage to deliver a 6 to 12 minute story.  Musing is making an ope...

Jon Flower debuts his Directing skills in Bellevue Little Theatre's Death By Design, which opens January 14th and runs until January 30th!  Don’t miss this comedic mystery "whodunnit" play written by Rob Urbinati.  Jon is not only a Director, but an experienced Actor and has served for many years as the Board President of WhyArts?.  You may have most recently seen him playing Gomez in The Addams F...

Happy New Year!  Find out What's Happening in Eastern Nebraska in the Arts in January 2022! We also are featuring the music of two talented area artists who contribute greatly to the Arts Community, Jennifer Novak Haar and Mark Haar of Novak and Haar Music: https://n-hmusic.com/ .  Jennifer and Mark are part of the Outreach Program at the Omaha Chamber Music Society and have contributed their perf...

Find out What's Happening in Eastern Nebraska in the Arts, December 19th through the 31st, 2021!  If you have Art News you'd like added to the program, you may email us at "platteriverbardnews" at gmail.   HOW TO LISTEN TO THE PLATTE RIVER BARD PODCAST  Listen at  https://platteriverbard.podbean.com  or anywhere you get your podcasts.  We are on Apple, Google, Pandora, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Podbe...

Find out What's Happening in the Arts in Eastern Nebraska!  We have a little bit of a different format this week, so check it out and let us know if you like it better!  Also, find out how you can email us your Art news and happenings to add to the program.     HOW TO LISTEN TO THE PLATTE RIVER BARD PODCAST  Listen at  https://platteriverbard.podbean.com  or anywhere you get your podcasts.  We are...

I'm A Pig isn't just a song, or a video, it's now a book!   Lori Lynn, a children’s singer songwriter, author, speaker, teacher trainer, and founder of Overall Buddies returns to the podcast to talk with us about the release of her new children's book and how she put it together! Website and how to order: https://overallbuddies.com/ The Overall Buddies You Tube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/cha...

Josh Peyton, a theatre graduate of Creighton University, has kept busy ever since moving back to Omaha from California.  His roles include John McClane in It's a Very Die Hard Christmas at Bluebarn, and several at the Omaha Community Playhouse, including his 40 characters in a one-man show, Fully Committed, Jack in Dear Jack, Dear Louise, and Fred in A Christmas Carol at Omaha Community Playhouse....

A musical comedy is here for Christmas!  Just like the patchwork colors of Joseph's Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, we bring you a fun conversation which has been pieced together with care, despite the technical difficulties of our virtual world.  Daena Schweiger directs this production at the Chanticleer Community Theatre, Joseph who is played by Sean Graves, and Emily Moore, one of the Narrators,...

First time Directors, Rory Nolan and Megan Boggs talk about the Olde Glory Theatre's production of Miracle on 34th Street!  Olde Glory Theatre is located in Seward, Nebraska and is a historic church building that was built in 1873.  The church was repurposed in 2013 and was intended to host the Goehner Centennial Players Melodrama's dinner theatre which had been formed in 1987.  It was later renov...

We talk with Rachel Curtiss and Mitch Bean, Artistic Directors at the Brownville Village Theatre in Brownville, Nebraska.  Their theatre is one of the oldest repertory theatres in the state of Nebraska.  Each summer Brownville employs 12-15 theatre students from all over the Midwest, and gives them intensive experience in every aspect of producing theatre.  So much so that they do 5 back to back s...

Join us for a fun behind-the-scenes conversation with writers Kevin Colbert and Mick Kovar about their play Christmas at Leon's, which opens December 4th, 2021.  Kevin and Mick wrote the play, as well as Mick also writing all of the music for the play.  Mick Kovar has been a local radio personality, so his name and voice may seem familiar to you!  Find out more about this heart-warming Christmas p...

Join us as we celebrate the season with Delaney Jackson and Marcel Daly, who are in The Rose Theater's production of It's A Wonderful Life, which opens December 3rd and runs through December 19, 2021.  Delaney plays Mary, and Marcel plays George Bailey in this heart-warming play which has been given a fresh look for our present time.  As always, The Rose brings us a bunch of young talented actors...

Join us for What's Happening? in the Arts in Eastern Nebraska.  Next week we will have a new format of this podcast!   *********** HOW TO LISTEN TO THE PLATTE RIVER BARD PODCAST Listen at https://platteriverbard.podbean.com or anywhere you get your podcasts. We are on Apple, Google, Pandora, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Podbean, Overcast, Listen Now, Castbox and anywhere you get your podcasts. You may a...

We speak with Ron Himes, Director of the Nebraska Repertory Theatre ’s production of “Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea” November 10-21st. This play, written by Nathan Alan Davis, is a coming-of-age story, and is yet another successful collaboration with the The St. Louis Black Repertory Company , in which Ron founded. His credits and experience are quite extensive, but we hope we can at least give you...

We talk with Fran Sillau, Executive Artistic Director at the Circle Theatre about his TWO upcoming shows next weekend:  All Together Now, a Music Theatre International fundraiser for Circle Theatre on November 13th at 7PM.   All Together Now! features songs from MTI’s beloved catalogue of musicals including Annie, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Come From Away, Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s M...

Find out What's Happening in the Arts in Eastern Nebraska, November 3rd-10th, 2021!   *********** HOW TO LISTEN TO THE PLATTE RIVER BARD PODCAST Listen at https://platteriverbard.podbean.com or anywhere you get your podcasts. We are on Apple, Google, Pandora, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Podbean, Overcast, Listen Now, Castbox and anywhere you get your podcasts. You may also find us by just asking Alexa....

Join us as we talk with Hannah Mason, Managing Director, and Phillip Crawford, Artistic Director of Theatrix!  Theatrix is a fully student-run theatre of the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film in Lincoln Nebraska on the UNL campus.   Their Fall Season has been announced - and beginning this week, November 4th-7th they open with their first production of the season,  The Revolutionists, a dra...

Happy Halloween!  The Platte River Bard Podcast brings you Poetry and Prose by Edgar Allan Poe.  Performed by Chris Berger.   *********** HOW TO LISTEN TO THE PLATTE RIVER BARD PODCAST Listen at https://platteriverbard.podbean.com or anywhere you get your podcasts. We are on Apple, Google, Pandora, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Podbean, Overcast, Listen Now, Castbox and anywhere you get your podcasts. Yo...

Find out What's Happening in the Arts in Eastern Nebraska October 27 through November 4th, 2021!  *********** HOW TO LISTEN TO THE PLATTE RIVER BARD PODCAST Listen at https://platteriverbard.podbean.com or anywhere you get your podcasts. We are on Apple, Google, Pandora, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Podbean, Overcast, Listen Now, Castbox and anywhere you get your podcasts. You may also find us by just a...